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E07548: Sophronius of Jerusalem, in his Miracles of the Saints Cyrus and John, recounts how *Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John (physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt, S00406) healed several times a certain Ioannes and delivered him from a demonic possession, at their shrine at Menouthis (near Alexandria, Lower Egypt). Written in Greek in Alexandria, 610/615.
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posted on 2019-05-03, 00:00 authored by juliaSophronius of Jerusalem, The Miracles of Saints Cyrus and John, 40
Summary:
There was a certain Ioannes who was nicknamed Mnematites because he was a guardian of the martyrs’ tomb (mnema). This man came from Libya and had lived in Mareotis before he migrated to the sanctuary of Cyrus and John. The cause of his migration was that he was possessed by a very harsh demon which made him suffer insupportable torments. Seeking deliverance, Ioannes had himself carried to the martyrs’ shrine in chains. The merciful saints soon delivered him, and so he decided to stay in the sanctuary as their servant. A long time afterwards, he fell terribly ill in his kidneys so that he was rolling on the ground out of pain. A physician who saw Ioannes in this miserable condition told him that he would provide an antidote for him for three pennies.
Ioannes, being tortured by the pain, voluntarily agreed and gave him the money. Then he took the remedy provided by the physician and guarded it in order to apply it to himself before dawn. When he was sleeping, in his dream he saw the martyrs who reproached him for not having faith in them. They reminded him of the healing from an incurable disease of the foot, and from a thousand other sufferings, he had received from them earlier, along with the deliverance from the demonic possession. Then they ironically asked whether they would not be able to heal him, if he gave them three pennies. At last they said that if he offered three pennies to their offertory box (gazophylakion), they would cure him without doubt. With these words, they withdrew. Ioannes woke up and offered three pennies to the offertory box and regained his health. He never more suffered from his kidneys.
Text: Fernández Marcos 1976, lightly modified in the light of Gascou 2007. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
Summary:
There was a certain Ioannes who was nicknamed Mnematites because he was a guardian of the martyrs’ tomb (mnema). This man came from Libya and had lived in Mareotis before he migrated to the sanctuary of Cyrus and John. The cause of his migration was that he was possessed by a very harsh demon which made him suffer insupportable torments. Seeking deliverance, Ioannes had himself carried to the martyrs’ shrine in chains. The merciful saints soon delivered him, and so he decided to stay in the sanctuary as their servant. A long time afterwards, he fell terribly ill in his kidneys so that he was rolling on the ground out of pain. A physician who saw Ioannes in this miserable condition told him that he would provide an antidote for him for three pennies.
Ioannes, being tortured by the pain, voluntarily agreed and gave him the money. Then he took the remedy provided by the physician and guarded it in order to apply it to himself before dawn. When he was sleeping, in his dream he saw the martyrs who reproached him for not having faith in them. They reminded him of the healing from an incurable disease of the foot, and from a thousand other sufferings, he had received from them earlier, along with the deliverance from the demonic possession. Then they ironically asked whether they would not be able to heal him, if he gave them three pennies. At last they said that if he offered three pennies to their offertory box (gazophylakion), they would cure him without doubt. With these words, they withdrew. Ioannes woke up and offered three pennies to the offertory box and regained his health. He never more suffered from his kidneys.
Text: Fernández Marcos 1976, lightly modified in the light of Gascou 2007. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
History
Evidence ID
E07548Saint Name
Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John, physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt : S00406Saint Name in Source
Κῦρος καὶ ἸωάννηςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miraclesLanguage
- Greek